Telephone attachment.



W. J. STUART.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATIOH 21mm 11mm, 1913.

1,084,239. Patented Jan. 13,1914,

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W. J STUART.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION rum) MAYB, 1913.

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WILLIAM JOHN STUART, OF PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13,1914.

Application filed May 8, 1913. Serial No. 766,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM JOHN Srimn'r, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Portland, in the county of Middlescx and State of Connecticut, haye invented new and useful Improvements 111 Telephone Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a stand adapted to be secured to av desk telephone for the reception of the receiver when taken down from its hook, and serves to hold the receiver in adjustable position near the ear of the person using the phone, whereby both his hands may be "free.

I am well aware that devices of this general nature have hitherto been invented and patented. These devices, however, in so far as I am aware, are all rather intricate and complex in structure, are, therefore, necessarily expensive, and, moreover, have, in addition, the disadvantage that they are not hung to the telephone in a balanced manner, thereby always having a tendency to upset the telephone whose base is not ordinarily of a large diameter.

Among the important advantages of my new and improved device and aside from its cheapness, simplicity, and ready adjustability, I desire to particularly point out that the device is self-balancing (so that one part thereof counter-balances another part) and therefore has no tendency to upset the telephone, but, on the other hand, makes for its stability.

I have illustrated my new device in the following drawings, in which:

liigure 1 is a front view of the telephone with the device attached in a slightly distorted position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the telephone with the device attached in its proper position. Fig. 3 is a front view of the telephone with the device attached and the receiver on the hook. Figs. 4, 5 and 6, each illustrate details of construction of the clutchanember forming an important part of my invention.

The telephone, broadly, is designated by the reference letter (2. Upon the telephone is mounted a clamping bracket 6 adjusted in an obvious manner by the turn-buckle c. This bracket carries a stand 03' loosely supported. on the pin 8 in a vertical aperture in the member I), as shown in Fig. 1. The upper end of the bracket is provided with a socket on in which is inserted the shank portion p of the clutch device, to be hereinafter fully described, this shank being a ljustable vertically in socket. m through the medium of the set-screw Z. The clutch proper comprises (see Figs. 4, 5, and (3) a blade (Z, upon. the shank 7), having a rounded or cam edge 0%- Embracing this blade and pivoted thereto atf is a U-shapcd clutch-member 6 having an inclined inner face It, as clearly shown in the drawings. Sl idably but removably mounted between this face 7r and the upper face at of the blade member 41 is the rod {1 carrying at its upper end the cylindrical receptacle /1. adapted to receive the telephone receiver. When in operative position, my device is situated as shown in Fig. 2 so that the portions I). 1/, and .2 thereof lie directly behind the mouthpiece of the telephone while the arm 1 is extended to hold the receiver in a position substantially in front of the receiver. This arrangement makes the device perfectly selfbalancing and obviates any tendency to upset such as would ordinarily arise where some other structure was hung to the telephone proper.

The operation will be clear upon an inspection of the drawings. It is, however, desirable to point out the action of the clutch, inasmuch as this is an importam feature of the invention. shown in Figs. 1, 2, and (l, the arm r binds between the two faces n and (Fig. (3) owing to the downward force exerted at its upper end by the telephone receiver or by the weight of thearm which in operative osition is extended as shown in Fig. 1. To drop the arm ,7 and the receiver it back into the position shown in Fig. 3 inwhich it is entirely behind the mouth-piece of the telephone and completely out of the way, it is only necessary to tilt the arm g by raising its upper end whereupon the face 70 takes the position shown in Fig. 4, in which position it is opposite the cutaway portion 11' of the blade d and the arm 9 may readily slide down to the position shown in Fig. 3.

It is to be particularly noted that all parts of this device, the stand 6, the upright (i, the clutch d and a, and the rod g, may be very readily disassembled and any part thereof may therefore be easily replaced or made and sold separately.

While I have described one specific form of my device, it is to be understood that many modifications thereof might be readily in the position made without de arting from the invention, the sco e of whic is more clearly defined by the claims hereto appended.

What I claim, is,

1. A counterbalanced telephone receiver, comprising a member attached to the telephone, an arm slidable on said member, connection between the arm and the member, whereby when the arm is in one position it is bound thereto and when it is tilted it may slide freely upon said member, and a socket for the telephone receiver upon said arm.

blade and the said U-shaped member, said rod carrying at its upper end a telephone receiver seat.

WILLIAM- JOHN STUART.

Witnesses:

CARL O. HEDsTRoM; JOSEPH J. NoXON. 

